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JFK establishes the Peace Corps.
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US backed Bay of Pigs is crushed by the Cubans.
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John Glenn becomes the first person to orbit the Earth.
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President Kennedy forces steel industries to roll back price hike.
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cuban missile crisis puts us on the brink of a nuclear war.
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US, great britain, and USSR sign the limited nuclear test ban treaty.
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JFK is assinated.
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Johnson is sworn in as president.
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Johnson declares war on poverty.
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congress passes gulf of tonkin resolution.
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Johnson wins the 1964 election by a landslide.
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Johnson commits 50 thousand american troops to combat in vietnam.
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congress enacts medicare and medicaid.
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national organization for women (NOW) is formed.
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israel wins six day war in the middle east
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riots in detriot kill 43, injure 2 thousand and leave 5 thousand homeless.
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vietcong launch the offensive.
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Johnson announces he will not be running for re-election.
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Martin Luther King Jr is assiniated in Memphis
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Robert Kennedy is assinated in LA.